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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-02-26
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2 A correspondents Of the Chicago 7rl
lvpe calls attention TO spontaneous com
bastion IN the origin Of fires, which, he
thinks is usually underestimatcd az a
cause Of eonhagsatiOns. He says" "a
lit,le experience 81 my, own may be'sug-
gessivc. Having occasion to stain SON le
woodwork in my store after business
hours, l mixed the stain in boiled linseed
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-02-26
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

IOrchard and Garden. !

Years ago we were induced to plan
quite large peach orchard in shell
tered location, high up on the hills in
Western New York. The land, beinf
in close proximity to the barnyard, wa:
in high state of cultivation, the re
suit OF previous repeated and, for farm
land, almost extravagantly heavy
dressings of stable manure. The va.
rieties selected included the Crawfords,
Early York, and other standard but
rather tender sorts. All made a ram
pant growth while they lived, but
every spring following found a large
percentage of the trees Gfeless. until,
about four years after our planting
venture, the last one had departed
this sublunary vale of tears. The
forced, sappy wood was not able to
endure the rigors of Western New
York winters.
Had We, indeed, selected piece OF
rather thin soil, and MANFRED it highly
with potash and phosphates, especially
with kainit and wood ashes, and
planted harder trees, like Wager,
Globe, Beatrice, or any of the first
early sorts, the orchard, in all proba-
bility, would be Furnishing and bear
ing fruit TO this day, and have brought
us some money, instead of being a
complete failure. Experiences is most
excellent teacher, but a rather dear
one, unless YOU learn from the expert
ence which your neighbor is paying
for. This Is perfectly legitimate, and
we tell our story that the young planter
may be able to learn his lesson at the
least possible expense to him.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

PAnfI1A, w. T.. Feb. o, 1857.
EprroR PosT-TxTKL11sxSCKR:
hare Just read what Z. Meeksr says
in " Familiar Talks . about high prizes
Of = Riverside Rolls, : &C., &c. I have
been making r. E W. Crystal Cream
cry Butter for over year. ] believe
Il passes for No. l. SO far ] have not
received = paying price for ii. II
should retail at 90 cents 20 81 per roll
from October 70 April LIST, and the bal
ance Of the year At s. TO IS cents per
2-pound roll, If Il Is full weight, to
make 1t pay: and thus il Is not as good
Is oats a. so and bay at SO per ton
High-priced labor, high interest and
poor quality cows are all against us.
Time may change al these items, but
they are against rs now Ar present
prices Of grain and hay / am getting
no pay for labor or interest on cows
and buildings. The fact that poor but
ter can be bought for less price, or
even good butter, shows nothing about
the cost. Farmers have q few COWS,
make \ little more butter than they
can use, take il 70 the store and get
what the merchant sees st to pay him,
entirely regardless Of the item Of cost
To make good butter, one must have
good, healthy COWS, keep them well
fed winter and summer. keep them well
sheltered in clean stables. carefully
MIXED and the nilk properly handled
TIL converted into butter, and all done
with the strietest care and cleanliness.
| use glass vessels to cool and keep the
milk in, entirely covered and sur
rounded BY cold water, so that the milk
is kept excluded from foul odors, dust
and flies. have to keep q man with
it almost night and day. The cream
must be watched and kept at the pro-
per temperature, and churned when
but slightly acid
bought my butter here for ten years
and know how difficult it is TO get good
butter the year round. Now, If con-
sumers want regular supply the year
through Of gilf-edged, they must
not be too ready 70 grumble at the
price. / know that in many Eastern
cities gilt-edged butter brings 50 cents
to 81 per pound the year round, not
per two pounds, as here. The better
price we get, the better article we can
make. | should not have gone into
the business If had not thought there
were people here who were anxious to
have a good article, that they could
depend upon, furnished them regularly
the season through, and who would be
willing TO pay q living price for it.
When | am satisfied that such Is not
the case, r. E. W. butter will not
be in the market. | am content TO
make nothing at first, till the business
has a trial and my butter becomes
known. r. E. WHTTSEY,
Padilla, w. T.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

ing winter butter compared with the
cost q that made IN SUMMER
3. Do you consider Washington q
good dairy region
q. e the dairy interest on the IN
erezaer
8, Are you IN favor Of forming 3
Washington dairy association
Hwecan get answers 70 these twenty
nye questions from dairymen of tie
thirty three counties Of this Territory,
. foundation will be laid for an inteIE-
gent discussion, : comparison Of meth
DDS and an improvement Of quality
not elsewhere TO be found. So hope
that many will answer, and not wait
enc upon another, like as related BY
the famous author Of the 8 Breakfast
Iable" when the proposition was made
that all should halloo, to see what q
great NOISE would be made, but az the
appointed time there never was such a
dezthlike stiffness, for each was listen
ing for the noise, and none came. Who
viii speak frstg Z. MEKKER.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06
FARM AND HOME.
rag eREMBLEm.

d. sss Al the dinner table
4 w;th 1 disseminated frown;
re s.otatoes and steak we're under.
done,
a.s the bread WIS baked too brown
Tkepie TOO sour, the pudding TOO sweet,
al the roast was much too TAT;
- corr 20 greasy, too, and salt,
~ 80 : twas hardly fit for the cat.
.rrsh ysu could eat the bread and
ssvs seen my mother make
80 are something like, and 'twouid
DO you good
fc.s b look at loaf OF her cake"
- the smiling wife: IN improve
With age;
1as. now I'm bat a beginner;
- ~gnr mother has come to visit rs,
"a t0day she cooked the dinner
Good Housekeeping.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06
rntal


Being a thrifty man and fore
handed F" with the world, he was not
Obliged 10 sell this wheat ss soon As
threshed. bat stored il until the price
bad reached a fair figure, and il was
sold then for 81 IS a GENITAL, or a total Of
$3.50. This gave him a clear profit from
the DO acres Of 1892
II may be depended upon. however.
that the farmer did more than scratch
the soil with tarantula cultiyator. and
that no precagtion was neglected 10
assure = good Weld But at the same
time this Is not an exceptional case.
for all through the grain growing Por-
ton Of the State may be found men
who have done equally or nearly a.
well. Al that is needed 20 raise a
grain crop that viii pay nine years out
81 ten i suitable application OF
brains and elbow grease, and when
the grain growers awaken 20 the fact
that the old-tinae lazy methods must
be abandoned, then less vii be heard
Of the lack Of preff from the wheat
field.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

There are in the United States. not
including Alaska, about | $50 .osl 81
acres 81 land. Allowing that one hall
81 this Is arabic. We have 5000, tsn
acres al land susceptible Of tllAge.
According TO the census OF isse there
wsre so. 600 90 acres improved, leAy-
ing 6A1 ,0la 600 acres vet 70 be made
prSluctiye a economic crops. We
Believe We are not undertaking the
caSe when We say that the 500 CO
acres ncw under cultivation are NOT
Welding. on an average, more than enc
half a what the land is capable a
nresitahly yielding. This besng the
case. h0w far short have we come q
the capabilities of our country s--Col
mans World.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

The sArcoxie Mo- yindicator few
weeks since called attention 70 the case
al 4 Young farmer IN Lawrence county
Who bought irvine binder and gave .
chGrsel mortgage % secure its payment.
Not being ale 10 par the dehs when
due, he gave up under the mortgage q
two horse wagon and harness, two OF
thres plcws. pair Of horses and ths
original Irvine binder.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06
PROFIT N WHEAT.
fsan Francisco Chronicle. !

1t has been quite the fashion, ever
since the drop in the price of wheat,
to decry the cultivation of that cereal
as being improbable, and to advise
farmers to 60 into grape and fruit
growing, etc, and to abandon the at
tempt 10 raise grain. While there is
generally much larger profit to be
had from the orchard and vineyard
than from the grain field, this is not
always the case by any means, as will
be attested by those fruit-growers who
last year shipped their crops East, and
at the end of the season found that,
instead Of having an income, they
were in debt to the commission men
TO whom they had made consign-
ments.
Last year the price of wheat. as
shown by the reports of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, ruled lower than
had ever before been known, with one
exception Consequently if, in the
face OF the depression in the market,
any profit was realized by the grower,
il is manifest that in other seasons,
with higher prices, the profit from the
grain field must be by no means incon-
siderable. The Chronicle has con-
stantly urged in this department that
with proper methods of cultivation
there was, one year with another,
fair profit TO be realized from wheat
growing. Some of the interior papers
who were awake to the slipshod meth
DDS so prevalent among California
grain-growers have taken the same
ground and have evineed lively in
terest in seeking proof for the position
taken on this point. The HOLSTER
Free Lance Of late date has an article
upon this subject, and gives one in
stance out of many which have come
10 its knowledge TO prove that there is
money in wheat-growing. A farmer
living near HOLSTER, who is the owner
of 30 acres OF grain land, no better
and no worse than thousands of acres
of land elsewhere, gives his experience
with last years grain crop. From the
30 acres were harvested 5000 eentals
of first class wheat, or at the rate of Is
centals about 2TIi bushels) to the acre.
The expense for raising this crop was
As fellows.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Considering the great importance OF
this subject TO the farmers Of Wash
ington. and considering the fact that
We have no dairymen's association as
vet 10 give us medium for exchange
al views, and believing this subject one
Of traascendent interest, / will with 4
view Of drawing out the experience OF
dairvmen, PROFOUND the following
questions, the answers 70 which viii
be published If it takes whole page
Of the P9fr- iSTEILIGENcER," according
10 the wortss % the editoF-in-ehief. and
in the ans~sering Of which the writer
from his owa experience proposes %
Join
/ What breed Of cattle, all things
considered, do YOU prefer7
g. What breed i your herd
s. Do YOU make butter or cheese, OF
hoth9
4 What Is the annual product o.
butter or cheese. or both, as the case
may be. PER cow
S, What is the average cost of pro
ducing butter for the whole year,
s. What l. the cost per pound Of
making winter butterf
:. How MANY pounds 81 milk re-
OAlFNHA AtA EiA4ANAAkE taHAAAA W AtAANNA
:. How many "a 4 ponnd az cheese
Q, What i the relative cost OF pro.
dueing butter or cheese
10. What system 81 keeping mill
have you adopted
IL. What system do you think i'
best
Z. What temperature do You KEEP
your milk
Is, What temperature Of cream wher
churucdf
nd. What number Of hours do yor
keen milk before skimmingf
IS Do you ehurn your cream swes
or souri,
i6. How much salt per pound Q
hutter1
II. 10 you wash your butter7 il 80
elaow ofGenf
Is. 20 Won wash your butter hefOT'
salf;nea How often and when do yo'
wash ifg
Ia. What ID the value per gallon @
skim milk for making pork Whafto
feeding 10 calves
%. What and how often DO you fee
YOUR cows in winter
u What i i costing you AZ this efn
+ 70 keep a COW a week
Z =. What is the relative cost Of mas
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Washington is destined 10 be n great
dairying State. We ought to and will
produce all our own butter and cheese
for home consumption, and eventually
largely for export. When two thou
sand ships q year come into our great
Sound, instead % a thousand. as now
the demand for our cheese and butter
will be that much increased. our facil-
tiles for export be more than doubled
and values enhanced accordingly.
The old slave power used to say that
- cotton was king, but Horace Gree
ley demonstrated that grass. not cot
ton, was king: that is. the grass crop
was Of greater value than cotton. There
is now a greater difference in favor of
grass over cotton than In Greeley's
time, caused in great part by the vast
increase Of the dairy business. and
which in one sense Is yet only in its
infancy.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

ne distance from tue - eomman
point 90 the AeTthera Pasiae Railroae
lmAsksd IN mag By STAR % Seattle is
SEAPORT TIE distance from this point
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

"a the opea sea 10 fogty-foaE miles lees
than b. gay Of any ether paFt. FUR
ther than tkis the grade from the ccus-
moo poins 10 Saaftle b down. following
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

20, .le days Of worm fences and open
80 80 around about Puyallup are
,,rI.,'2Se9rei, the land is betoming too
49,, r1' S 10 admit Of either. Each
~. er'heS more board fences and
N. =, 9,od1erdraius IL Is = nifty thar
r-,S,s Ny,sArlSson's article on drainage.
q ';Ss .,Nls'i IN the Fosr. lNrrt4IaFSCrR
,,, .,.lsiay last, could not De rcaa hy
~ lsArmer in Washington Territory.
-, N..SSs'rAiion contained and The les
,sss., 's,eFe taught ought ~ commend
49, - every thinking mind
,gs 49, every dsy Of my life l have the
- s 10 meet, that this or that tract
s.,h,, ~ need draining. dry enough
eSS $50 x and vet the water will rgu
M az y surface ,taee 10 almost every storm.
49,, !. ipyiieye in nv hear, there l. NJ,
lsys , ~ = land in any one Il these val.
a,.,,;;a.Aat would bot b benefited ~
: I ..3g The cooling elect n ws,e,
usts I : wonderful. and In this Eli
A. -, N Particular. where the night.
@ys cool and the DAYS nevel
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Since writing the above the unex-
pcsed intelligence of the death Of my
"a friend and neighbor, Van Doren.
Aas reached me. had but two days
More met him in the streets OF Seat
ae, upon my return from Laconner,
dated with him few moments, and
parted with the expectation Of seeing
BIN in few days upon a matter in
Thich we had common interest. One
b one the old familiar faces disappear.
oae feels tender regard for fellows in
He Of like age. Of like thought. like
astinots We love TO dwell upon their
Eirtues, forget their faults, and strew
sowers upon their graves. While so
expressing our regret for the dead, Il
1 meet that We do not forget the living,
and in double earnest admonish the
aId men living to take better care OF
themselves.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

! believe we feed too often. Cows
led more than twice day have no sea
on Of rest 10 assimilate their food, and
VII not give the same return for the
Iced as those fed regularly but not oft
uer than morning and evening | do
got mean 10 say not TO feed as much
they will eat up clean. ! say by all
beans do 50. A COW at best IS but a
TO convert food into mix, but,
he veritahle machinery. II run too
steadily, viii get out OF repair. The
anne rule will apply 10 other animals
Is well, and, for that matter, to men
also.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

there Is one thing. however. that
s'ss Us some encouragement. This
9,elng We weighed "Sir Rodersek I"
T iFs nrsi cali dropped since last spring.
nov have nineteen calves. Roder-
lhree months and fourteen DAYS
y. and weighed today. before he had
- breakfast $40 pounds. He was
s.Saed oae month ago, and has gained
eahds IN that time: fed on skim
a. and cruel, with little dry bran
- Nhoie, aside from the milk. not
eseae more than "a cents. | think
- - nineteen calves are gaining thirty
mas day on skim milk and cruel
can raise a. fat calves that
!, and With but little more labor. as
G,e'9ng the calf take The new milk.
ny q careful 20 give the calf new
- - ,ef a fortnight, very small ra-
III, y cruel when the change 90 skim
80 : made, feed with moderation
- - regularity and there i no fear Of
\ ~ faniy calves, or such as We need
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

So it might be with our seeds; but
having merit, because of our climate.
with an intelligent management they
would certainly win in the long run.
We ought. 60 say the least, raise our
clover and grass seed. Speaking Of
clover reminds me Of the Importance
Of that plant and an experience have
had with IL. which, however. must be
reserved, for want OF space and time,
10 another day.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Speaking Of men eating too often,
here is no doubt the human race, or
1t least those that live under this hap
py Government, eat too much. | have
Always thought and eontended that our
meals should be less frequent, less elab.
crate, and the order Of eating reversed +;
that is, that the dessert should be eaten
hyst would also reverse the order
q Ihings, and. il anybody had to
salt, il should not be the children.
Who Of us but remembers, when there
vas company" how the old folks
soald gather round the table and eat
md eat and eat, while we starred I'M
Der the demands Of a growing frame /:
and how afterward, when we had eaten
70 repletion. then the pudding" or
PIE, or dumplings we're brought
On, and We ate Just that much too
much. II children are 10 have pie or
pudding or dumping, give il 10 them
ne hTst thing and then let them finish
90 on plain food. / would say the
ame thing for the adult, did not
Know il would be useless; for who Of
g but are more sticklers for habit or
stquette than living so as to extend
NE limit OF our lives.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Nov, the point is, these men cannot
seora 70 20 into hard manual labor, no
more than can a general Of an army
40 and shoulder a musket TO fight
hattie or take a spade TO dig a trench.
While Mr.. Nicely was Juggling away at
hls logs and his ehopping, saving at
~ spiggot,n the waste was not run
sing on at the bunghole," for the
ab6ttom was out " and il ran riot.
ilvord could save thrice the wages by
the careful oversight he is capable Of
exercising; and besides neither, at this
tine Of life, with the princely income
made possible by close management,
L. a right 10 abuse himself in this
nav. A farm Of several hundred acres
mauires q deal of management, OF
linking. Of planning and laying out
sofk. and seeing that the work Is done
sAen laid out, and properly done; and
10 man can do both, make hand at
rsrk and direct the multifarious OPP
g1tions necessary to attain the greatest
success.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

MY friends trouble about that do
not know how 10 profitahly dispose OF
them reminds me Of our early strug
giles in the hop business, which has now
attained such firm footing. Then
our hops were too strong" too
rank, 7" would not keep" " ehoppy,
aud a thousand and one other things
said against them; but having merit.
and the growers pressing steadily on,
in the course Of time. in the face Of all
opposition. won. and are now nearly
or quite at the head Of the list in the
markets OF the world.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Hut ! have got clear Off the track.
i vas the feeding Of animals, not men
q children, that | intended 70 write
,ooui. avn feeding the cows twice a
gay hay and roots (beets and carrots
ahedl IN the morning, with hay and
oian and shorts tmixedl az night: the
sa9ie ration fifteen pounds Of hay
s1'eea OF roots and seven OF bran and
NeFts, u costs - cents, besides the
os'oi attendance. The cows are Civ
@s pretty full flow If milk, and be-
As tai and comfortably housed. il is
,so out with butter at as cents roll,
nay ~ S} per ton, wages at So per
.oH'h and board, | am not keeping
ven When grass comes, Of course
- may do better.
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v.mrIIAE TAILS 30. -.


t~u-ryz roR TEE PosT-nTKLLIaKNoxB
me other day ] was at Mr.. Neely's
"a found him out in the woods chop
80 ike an old Turk" I told him
vould publish him, and 50 have
~. before this had called on my
.sahbor Alvord, and he, too, was
rl,ehIng in to hard work like one who
ssua not obtain help at any price.
Subsequently visiting Mr.. Whitney's,
|. a did not milk his string Of COWS "
1..use Of our visit, for the reason
.h.t, IN true hospitabIe style. he de-
.rsd 10 entertain his visitors. Two Of
,hs,e persons are old men, or at least
much past middle age; the other by
40 means a young man; each owns
ossr sir hundred acres Of land, and in
ene case a thousand.